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' ! To Everyc T ruck ( We do work on quicker. We also guarant If you owe us. c? tions. We would not a hundred dollars- \ Potatoes, Chickens, E The bad checks give to a man who cai If you want any to get it for you. Jut We have at all ti Spark Plugs and lots now or ever before in Also have CHA KINDS OF TRUCKS i Bring your mech to the Sheriff. Lucasi I Sale We have Friday Night, D We still he have just openec Toys j Now is the It will pay thing in our line We will purchase. Farmei : , JUDICIAL SALE I C Pursuant to a decree of the Court,8> of Common I*leas for Chesterfield in County, S. C., in the case of H. H. v Holder, plaintiff, vs. Nancy Shaw, ^ Ada Shaw and Sallie Shaw, defend- j4 ants, I will sell at public auction, before the Court House door at Ches- a< terfield, S. C., within the legal hours C of sale, on the 3rd day of January, 1921, to the highest bidder or bid- j. ders, for cash, all that certain piece, parcel or tract of land situate in I The Best Family Rem Because [it work remedies have cea I. I : , I Chesterfield L ^ ?9 D. H. DOUGLASS, President U W. J. DOUGLASS, Vice- Pres. ^ ALSO FIRE, ACCIDENT, HI INSUf g We Ruy ?ad SeU R..S ?Hasae 111 1 i i )ne Who Owns :>r Tractor or W a cash Basis. We can do your ee our work. >me and pay us or pay part au< : refuse to receive a dollar if yc Ve will accept anything on acci tc. that we have and cannot colle n collect them. thing?Ask us. If we haven't it anything for an Auto. imes all sizes of Tires, Tubes, Si i of other things. In fact the i the town. LMERS, DORTS, GRAY DOR at a SPECIAL PRICE FOR SA1 anical troubles to us, and take ; 4uto Con Contin decided to run our bi >ec. 24th. ive some real values \ the largest stock of \nd Holiday ( ever shown ii ; time to buy that Chrij you to see us and get save you monej ps Hardwa The House of Bargains. 'hesterfield county, S. C., containing ixty-five (65) acres and bounded orth by lands of the chesterfield Deelopment Company, northeast by inds of the W. P. Shaw home tract nd where Ite how resides, west by ?nds of Axcey Shaw and the Cheserfield Development Company, a^.d outh by other lands not known. !lerk of Court for Chesterfield County, S. C. I. P. MANGUM, >ec. 1, 1920. 666 quickly relieve* a cold. 8 I ledy 8 when all other icd to work f e Insurence ioan & Ins. Go. || C. C. DOUGLASS, Sec'y A Mgr. GEO. W. EDDINS, Treasurer. CALTH, HAIL, LIVE 8TOCK LANCE a Car, riintc M&itu vynv work cheaper and , d show good inten>u owe as much as ount?Wood, Peas, ct we are coing to it we will be glad >rings, Coils, Bulbs, most complete line TS and SEVERAL LE. your other troubles npany tues 1 ii g sale on until ij ' in stock and ii i joods 1 Chesterfield. stmas present, prices on any/ on every I ire Co ' 11 j || j il rn ii ? n ? n ? ii am i ? i ? M M ' j UNUSUAL CONDITION Texas Lady Suffered Witk Pilling ud A eking Pains in Her Back, Wkich Cardui Relieved. Houston, Texas.?Mrs. C. B. Cook, of 1912 Whltty Street, this city, recently said: "About four mpnths after my marriage, I . . . began suffering much pain, and knew that my condition was unusual, but couldn't just decide what was wrong. I had to go to bed. . . . "All across my back and hips were pains, pulling and aching until I could hardly sit up. I stayed In bed a few days. My husband had heard of Cardul ... so I told him he might get It. "After I had taken Cardul a few days, I was up. I took fixe bottles and haven't been In bed since for this trouble, for If I here the least symptoms of this trouble I get Cardul tud take It In time. "I have a number of friends who hare used Cardul, and they reoommend it very highly." The experience of this Texas lady is similar to that related by thousands of other women. Cardul is purely vegetable, and mild and gentle in Its action. Cardul may be the very medicine you need if Buffering with womanly troubles. Take Cardul NO-13* TWO One-Horse Farms For Rant? Good buildings, Improved Land, tf Dr. D. T. TEAL, Chesterfield, S. C. A. F. DAVIS MARKET The Finest Fresh Meats The Best Fancy Groceries High Grade Canned Goods The Beet of Ersrrlkiss far *k? Table THE STRANGE CASE OF CAVENDISH (Continu?d from preceding pap) * I fled back Into the ban, crashing the floor behind him. Tea minutes later he returned, not alone, however. This time hla com- ' panlon was John Cavendish but par- 1 tially dressed, his features white and haggard. With nervous hands he pushed open 1 ' the door. At the sight of the body he i 1 trembled a moment, then, mastering , 1 himself, strode over and touched the ' * dead fttce, the other meanwhile edging Into the room. "Dead, air, really dead 7" the late comer asked. ( Cavendish nodded: "For several houra," he answered In an unnatural voice. "He must have been struck from behind. Robbery evidently was the object?cold-blooded robbery. You heard nothing during the night?" "Nothing, sir. I swear I knew nothing until I opened the door and saw the body a few moments ago." "You'd better stick to your story, Valols," the other said sternly. "The pi I R j wil < "You'd Better Stick to Your Story, < Valola." < police will be here shortly. I'm going to call them, now." He was calm, efficient, self-contained , now as he got central station upon the , wire and began talking. , ''Hello, lieutenant? Yes. This 1b , John Cavendish of the Waldron apart- , ments speaking. My cousin, Frederick Cavendish, has been found dead In hja room and his safe rifled. Nothing has been disturbed. Please hurry." . Perhaps half an hour later the police came?two bull-necked plaln-clothea i men and a flannel-mouthed "cop." With them came three reporters, one of them a woman. She was a young woman, plainly dressed a?d, though she could not be called beautlfut, there wae a certain patrician prettlness In her small, oval, womanly face with its gray kind eyes. Its aquiline nose, Its firm lips and determined Jaw, a certain charm In the manner In which hex chestnut hair escaped occasionally from under her trim hat. Young, aggressive, keen of mind and tireless, Stella Donovan was one of the few rood woman rpnnrfppo of fho nito or, A the only one the Star kept upon lta pinched pay-roll. Though her customary assignments were "sob" stories, divorces, society events and the track* Ing down of succulent bits of general scandal, she nevertheless enjoyed being upon the scene of the murder even though she was not assigned to It This casual duty was for WUUs, the Star's "police" man, who dragged her along with him for momentary company. A flood of questions came down up* on Valols and John Cavendish, while Miss Donovan, silent and watchful, stood back. Valols repeated his experience, which was corroborated In part by the testimony of John Cavendish's valet whom he had met and talked with in the hall. There was no flaw In the stories to which the Inquisitors could attach suspicion. One thing alone seemed to Irritate Willis. "Are you sure," he said to Cavendish, "that the dead man Is your l cousin ? The face and chest are pretty I badly burned, you know, and I thought perhaps " | A laugh from the detectives silenced hini, while Cavendish ended any fleeting doubts with a contemptuous gaze. "^ou can't fool a man on his own cousin, youngster," he said flatly. "The Idea Is absurd." The same day, young John, eager to be away from the scene, moved his belongings to the Falrmount hotel, and, since no will was found in the dead maua i;apci o, me eiilire CKlUlt* CHlUt) to him as the next of kin. A day or two later the hodj was Interred In the family lot beside the father's grave, and tlte night of the funeral young John Cavendish dined at an out-of-thoway road-house with a blonde with a hard metallic voice. Her name was Miss Celeste La Kue. And fhe day following he discharged Prancole Valols without apparent cause. In a sudden burst of temper. So seemingly, the curtain fell on th? last act of the play. CHAPTER II. Mr. En right Declares Himself. One month after the Cavendish mvb der and two days after he had dl? To prevent a cold take 666. 8 r.AdOl INF S5VQTITMC .w VBVTm?u i u uivi u Oil Tanks and Pumps, Air Compressors, Computing Scales Floor Scales, Show Cases, Account Registers. Rebuilt Cash Re^ters^Safes, Store Fixtures. patched a casual, court eons note to John Cavendish requesting that, he t rail, Mr. Patrick Bnriglit, of En right and Dougherty, sat In his private office (jn the top floor of the Collander building In Cortlandt street waiting for the youth's appearance. Since young Cavendish had consulted him before In minor matters. Mr. Kurlght had expected that he would call voluntarily soon after the murder, but In this he svas disappointed. Realizing that Broadway was very dear to the young man, Enriglit had made allowances, a until, weary of waiting, he decided to U get lbto the game himself and to this I end had dispatched the note, to which ; Cavendish had replied both by tele phone and note. "He ought to be here now," murmured Mr. Knrlght sweetly, looking at bis watch, and soon the expected vicl- ? tor was ushered in. Arising to his I reet the attorney extended a moist, | pudgy hand. 1 "Quite prompt, John," he greeted. Take the chair there?and pardon me Tor a moment." As the youth complied Knrlght opensd the door, glanced Into the outer i room, and gave orders not to be dls- J turbed for the next half-hour. Then, *1 Irawlng in his head, he closed the 'I Joor and turned the key. * "John," he resumed smoothly, "1 iave been somewhat surprised that pou failed to consult me earlier regarding the will of your late cousin (\ Frederick. r "His?his will!" John leaned for- f svard amazed, as he stared into the h ?ther's expressionless face. "Did?did li le leave one?" ti "Oh! that's it," the attorney o ihuckled. "You didn't know about it, y lid you? How odd. On the night of v lis death I drew up his will. Incident- t illy, I am the only one living aware y that such a will was drawn. Yon see v ny position?" i] Young Cavendish didn't; this wns f ill strange, confusing. t "The will," resumed Mr. Enrlght, 'wns drawn in proper form and duly n witnessed." s "There can't he such a will. None j] was found." "Possibly not," said Enright with t luiet, sinister gravity. "It wns probably ^ lestroyed and it was to gain posses- ^ don of the will that Frederick Caven- ?] lish was killed." t John leaped to his feet, his face j aloodless: "My God!" he muttered e ighast, "do you mean to say " 1 d "Sit down, John; this is no cause for c quarrel. Now listen. I am not ac- r eusing you of crime; not Intentional t :*rime, at least. If an accident happen- d ed, that was your misfortune. I t merely mention these things because 5 [ am your friend. Such friendship t led me first to inform you what had t happened over the phone. I realized c that Frederick's hasty determination t to devise his property elsewhere was t the result of a quarrel. I believed it my duty to give you opportunity to e patch that quarrel up with the least possible delay. ^ "I have, It Is true, performed an un- ( professional act which, if known, j would expose me to severe criticism. ( There is, "however, no taint of criminal j Intent upon my conduct and, no doubt. e my course would be fully vindicated, ^ were I now fo go directly before the court and testify to fhe existence of a will." "But that could not be proved. It ^ has never been found." f "Quite true?or ruther, it muy have t been fmind and destroyed. It chances, { however, that I took the precaution to j make a carbon copy." "Unsigned?" ( "Yes, but along with this unsigned t copy I also retain the original memo- j randa furnished me in Frederick Cav- 1 en dish's own handwriting. I believe, j .from a legal standpoint, by the aid ol my evidence, the court would be very ^ apt to hold such a will proved." He leaned suddenly forward, facing the shrinking Cavendish and bringing , his hand down bard upon the desk. j "Do you perceive now what this will ] means? Do you realize where such . testimony would place you? Undei , the law, providing he died without o will, you were the sole heir to thf property of Frederick Cavendish. 11 was widely known you were oot od friendly terms. The evening oC hit NOTICE I hereby forbid anyone from feeding, clothing, harboring or hiring my son, Horace Blakfmey, aged Id years, under penalty of the law. 2-p MOSES BLAKENEY. "N Why Move to The City? DEICOIIGHT ?Ioo?rJc-i fy for iarvoly ^tirrn " Modern conveniences need no longer belong only to those who ' live in the city. Dclco-Light transforms the farm home by making possible the most up-to-date and modern city conveniences. Bright electric lights, depend - - * * nuie wievtric power, a conipicu bathroom, hot and cold water at the turn of the faucet?are all , made possible by Delco-Light. Write for Catalog Funderburk Electric Service Co. PaKeland, S. C. Dealer for Chesterfield County. - .->ry * -I UMWJL.WI J LI _ 1 J 1 i! John Leaped to His Feet If loath you quarreled openly In n pnhllr h estaurunt. Later, in a spirit of a rlendship, I called you up and said he C lad made a will practically disinherit- a ng you. Between thnt time and the text morning he Is murdered in his " iwn apartments, his safe rilled, and q et the only paper missing is this fill, to the existence of which T can estlfy. If suspicion Is once cast upon n ou, now ran you cloar yourself? Cun ou prove that you were In your own e pnrtments, asleep In your own bed rom one o'clock until eight? Answer tl hnt." F Cavendish tried, hut although his e Ips moved, they gave utterance to no ound. Enrlght scurcely gtive him op- s lortunlty. "So, the words won't come. I ^ hought not. Now, listen. No living c person?not even my partner?has ieen Infonned of what has occurred, ^he witnesses, I am sure, did not know u he nature of the paper they signed. Frederick Cavendish had this will e xecuted In a moment of anger and levlsed his estate to a number of hnritles. He hnd no thought of 1m- ^ nediate death, hut merely desired to * each you a lesson. He proposed to x llsappear?or at least, that Is my heory?In order that he might test rou on a slender Income. I am able o look upon the whole matter from his standpoint, and base my conduct iccordlngly. No doubt this will enable is to arrive at a perfectly satisfactory mderstandlng." "You mean that you will maintain illence as to the will 7" "Absolutely; as a client your Interests vlll always be my first concern. Of ourse I shall expect to represent you n a legal capacity In settling up the estate, and consequently feel It ouly ust that the compensation for such lervlces shall be mutually agreed lpon." "And your fee?" "Reasonable, very reasonable, when rou consider the service I am doing rou, and the fact that my professional eputatlon might so easily he involved tnd the sums to be distributed, which imount to more than a million dollars. Hy silence, my permitting the es:ate to go to settlement, and my legal lervlces combined, ought to he held is rather valuable?at. let us say, a lundred thousand. Yes. a hundred diousand; I hardly think that is unfair." Cavendish leaped to his feet, his hand gripping his cane. "You damned black " "Walt!" and Enrlght arose also. 1 "Not so loud, please; your voice might be henrd In the outer office. I said 1 my services would cost you a hundred thousand dollars. Take the proposl- ' tlon or leave it, Mr. John Cavendish." "But?but," the other stammered, all * courage leaving him, "I haven't the , money." "Of course not," the threat on Enright's face changing to a smile. "Rut the prospects that you will have are unusually good. I am quite willing to speculate on your fortunes. A memoranda for legal services due one year from date?such as I have already drawn up?and bearing your signature. 1 will he quite satisfactory, fllnnce . over the Items, please; yes, sit here at the table. Now, if you will sign that there will he no further cause for you to feel any uneasiness?this line, please." ( j Cavendish grasped the penholder In ! his fingers, and signed. It was the act of a man dazed, half stupefied, unable to control his actions. In a ] j way it was a confession of guilt, an i acknowledgement of bis fear of ex- , posure, yet he felt utterly incapable of resistance. Enriglit unlocked the door, and projected his head outside, comprehending clearly that the proper tljpe to strike was while the iron was hot. Calling Miss ITcnly, one of his stenographers, he made her an official witness to the document and the signature of John Cavendish. Not until ton minutes Inter when ho was on the street (lid it occur to John Oavendlsh that the carbon copy of the will, togetner with the rough notes In his cousin's handwriting, still remained In Enrlglit's possession. Vainly he tried to force himself to return and demand them, hut his nerce failed. and he sliufTled away hopelessly In the hurrying crowds. * As Francois Valols trudged along the night streets toward his rooming house he came face to face with a trim young woman In a smart blue *erge. "Oh. hello!" she cried pleasantly, bringing up short. Then Roelng the puzzled look upon the valet's face, she aid: "Don't you remember me? I'm Miss Donovan of the Star. I came ap to the apartments the morning of the CavendlBh murder with one of the boys." Valoia smiled warmly; men uaually ild f' I V5S icrrow in bis voice and with pnof?a> ilonal skill learned the cause within i minute. Then, because she believed hat there might be more to be told, ind because she was big-hearted and nterested In every one's troubles, she irged htm to accompany her te a tear-by restaurant and poor out his lenrt while she supped. Lonely and llshearteued. Valols accepted gladly ind within half an hour they were icated at a tiny table In an Italian afe. "About your discharge?" she queried liter a tline, "I was not oven asked to accompany ir. Frederick's body," he burst eat, even though I had been with bla a ear. So I stayed In the apartment > straighten things, expecting to be etalned In John Cavendish's service, eveu did the work in his apartments, ut when lie returned and saw me liere he seemed to lose his temper, ranted to know why I was hanging round, and ordered me out of the lace. Flung money at me, he did, )ld me to get out, that he never ranted to see me again. Since then have tried for three weeks to find rork, but It has been useless." While she gave him a word of symathy, Miss Donovan was busily thinklg. She remembered Willis' remark 1 the apartments, "Are you sure of tie dead man's identity? His face j badly mutilated, you know;" and er alert mind sensed a possibility of newspaper story back of young 'avendlsh's unwarranted and strange ct. "Mr. Vulol8," she said kindly, woillri VHP miiwl If T nolrnH wnn ? uestlon or two more?" "No," the'mipi returned. "All right. First, what sort of inn was your master?" Vnlols answered almost with reverence: "A nice, quiet gentleman. A man hat liked outdoors and outdoor sport*, test of all, he liked to spend his venlngs at home reading." "Not much like his cousin John," he ventured with narrowing eyes. "No, ma'am, God be praised 1 Tliere's a young fool for you, miss, razy for the women and his *drlnkng." "I understand that he was dependent ipon Frederick Cavendish." "He was, miss," Valols said dlsgustdly, "for every cent." "Did they ever quarrel?" "I never henrd them. But I do mow there was no love lost between hem, and I know that young John vas always broke." "Girls cost lots on Broadway," diss Donovan suggested, "and they ceep men up late, too." Valols laughed lightly. "John only ame home to sleep occasionally," he :ald; "and as for the women?one of hem called on him the day after Mr. Frederick was killed. One of those all blondes with a reddish tinge In ler hair. He likes that kind." Miss Donovan started Imperceptibly. This was interesting; a woman In Tohn Cavendish's apartment the day ifter his cousin's murder! But who vas she? There were a million carrot-blondes In Manhattan. Still, the voman must have had some distinguishing mark; her hat, perhaps, or ler lewels. "Did the woman wear any dianonds?" she asked. "No diamonds," Vnlois returned; 'a ruhv, though. A ruby set in a big fiatlnum ring. I saw her hand upon :he knob." Miss Donovon's blood raced fast. 3he knew that woman. It was Celeste Ln Hue. From what Miss Donovan {new of Miss La Hue, she did not mlinarily seek men; therefore there nust have been a grave reason for ler presence in John Cavendish's ipartments immediately after she earned of Frederick's death. A thousand speculations entered Miss Donovan's mind. "How long was she In the apartment?" she demanded sharply. "Fifteen or twenty minutes, miss? jntil after the hallman came back." "Have you told any one else what vou have told me?" "Only Josette. She's ray fiancee. Miss La Bnum is her last name. She questioned me about losing my job, and her questions brought things into my mind that I might never have thought of otherwise. And at last I came to believe that it wasn't Mr. Frederick who was dead at all." Miss Donovan's eyes dilated with eagerness and amazement. "Not Frederick Cavendish 1 Mr. Valols, tell me?why?" The other's voice fell to a whisper. "Frederick Cavendish, miss," he said hollowly, "had a scar on his chest? from football, lie once told me?and the man we laid out, well, his body was 11 hit burned, but had no scar on his chest." Miss Donovan sprang suddenly to tier reet. "Mr. Valols," she said breathlessly, "you come and tell that story to my city editor, and he'll see that you get a Job?and a real one. You and I have started something, Mr. Valols." And tossing money to cover the bill on the table, she took Valols' arm, and with hint In tow hurried through the restaurant to the city streets on one of which was the Star office, where Farrlss, the city editor, dally damned the doings of the world. Farriss, for once, was enthusiastic. "A great lead! By the Lord, it lfll Now to prove it, Stella"?Farrlss always resorted to first names?"you drop everything else and go to this, learn what you can, spend money It you have to. I'll drag Willis off police, and you work with him. 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